Today I’m showing you how to make Rainbow Waffles! This is a great breakfast idea for birthdays or for a St Patrick’s day celebration! My homemade waffle recipe is delicious- light and fluffy- and works fabulously stacked in a rainbow like this waffle cake. I purchased my first ever waffle maker to make these, and I’m so glad I did, as they turned out so well.

I love me Lucky Charms. I love them so much, I felt it was my duty to force my Kindergarten’s to do Math with them last week. Math? Lucky Charms? You bet! You were probably thinking that cereal is meant to be consumed in a bowl, with milk. I’m here to save you from yourself, and let you know that not only are they a learning material, they can be eaten without a spoon in treat form!

First things first. Who doesn’t love mint and chocolate? If you don’t, move on- this cheesecake is not for you. There are two packages of mint Oreo’s in this dessert, and creme de menthe, so the mint flavouring is wonderfully present- not over powering so that you think you’re eating toothpaste, just perfectly paired with the chocolate and cream cheese.

We just got another monumental dump of snow, like a foot of it. How can that be? It’s MARCH?! I’ve been trying to think up of fun spring things to make and it’s so hard when I don’t remember what grass looks like. I think we need to move. Somewhere southern. I need a Leprechaun to grant me my wish to move.

Leprechauns, according to Irish folklore, are a fairy type creature in the form of an old man, usually up to mischievous acts. According to Wikipedia, “Leprechauns spend all their time busily making shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If ever captured by a human, the Leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their release.” Listen Leprechaun, I need sun. I need heat. I need real Vitamin D! Get me that, please!

I’d like to announce now that I have Irish in my blood, so don’t attack me with a righteous claim that I am being stereotypical, or somehow making fun of Irish traditions. Because I know I am. And I can. I’m one of you.

Besides, do you really think that I would go chasing after a little green fairy man in order to beg for the snow to disappear?

Happy March! Now that it is officially March, I can start thinking all things St Patrick’s Day! And all things Spring, but that is WAY too much to ask here in Canada. So I’ll stick to Leprechauns and Pot’s of Gold. I think that every kid has once thought that if they could just get to the end of that rainbow, there would be a gleaming pot of gold at the end of it. I’m still trying to find it, aren’t you? I think I’ll have better odds if I take up playing the lottery. Aren’t your odds of winning the lottery less than they are of being struck by lightning? I guess that means that my odds of finding a pot of gold are even slimmer than the lottery. Besides, playing the lottery is a lot less work! It’s mountainous around these ‘ere parts. It’s me and the lottery now.

Since now that I’ve given up trying to find the end of the rainbow, I’ll just have to stick with making a pot of gold!! Making these cake pops is pretty standard, but with a little twist of putting them upside down, voila, you have the rim of the pot!! Genius, I know. Since it takes the royal icing rainbow so long to dry, you might want to start with those a day early. If you can’t find black melting chocolate, you can also use brown. I tried brown in my practice versions, and it looked great too! Also, when it comes to the yellow sugar pearls, you can use any small round sprinkle/candy for the “gold”, or even just regular yellow/gold sanding sugar.

What could be better than finding that pot of gold from under the rainbow? It would be just like winning the lottery and who doesn’t want to have THAT happen to them?!?!?!

These cupcakes are inspired by the magical mystery of rainbows that brighten a day, just by appearing in the sky. It sounds like I’m on a fabulous LSD trip or something, but since us teachers are back to work tomorrow, I assure you, there are no psychedelics inspiring this post!